New DVDs for December

December was a big month for ordering DVDs. Note that we picked up a couple BBC series like the new Doctor Who and its spinoff Torchwood. Also, we received the second season of Murder in Suburbia and a Masterpiece Theater series The Moonstone and The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard. One movie to note is Man On Wire about the Frenchman Philippe Petit and how he walked on a tightrope between the World Trade Center building in 1974.

The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard
Ballet Shoes
Becoming Green
Black Widow
Burn After Reading
The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian
CJ7
The Clique
The Dark Knight
Dark Victory
Death Note - Vol. 8
Doctor Who - The Complete First Series
Doctor Who - The Complete Second Series
Easter Parade: Special Edition
Encounters At The End Of The World
Fear
First Among Equals
The General
Generation Kill
Hamlet 2
Holiday Inn Special Edition
In God's Name
The Longshots
Mamma Mia!: The Movie
Man On Wire
The Moonstone
Mouse That Roared
The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor
Murder in Suburbia - Series 2
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
One Touch Of Venus
Porco Rosso
Priceless
Quo Vadis Special Edition
The Rape Of Europa
Sangre De Mi Sangre
Sense and Sensibility
Step Brothers
Torchwood - The Complete First Season
Traitor
Transsiberian
Wanted
The Women
X-Files: I Want To Believe
Your Road to Passing the U.S. Citizenship Test

Happy Holidays

from the Mission Viejo Library staff

The Most Requested Titles - December 18, 2008

The list hasn't changed too much, though the numbers are a little lower than last time. Having multiple copies of the most requested books make the waiting lists go quickly.

Twilight 63

Cross Country: A Novel 52

Brass Verdict: A Novel 50

New Moon: A Novel 47

Divine Justice 43

The Gate House 35

Lucky One 34

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel 30

Brisingr, or, The Seven Promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular 30

Scarpetta 28

Plum Spooky 26

The Associate 26

Salvation in Death 26

The Shack: A Novel 24

Eclipse 22

Holiday Recordings

The library has Christmas music to checkout. Located in the Miscellaneous section in the CD racks, we have some traditional and some non-traditional holiday music. Here is just a handful of what the library own.

Feels Like Christmas / Al Green
Christmas Island / Jimmy Buffett
Our Heart's Joy : A Chanticleer Christmas
Christmas Album / Burl Ives
O Holy Night / Luciano Pavaroti

Staff Picks for December

The staff picks bookshelf located by the new book area is brimming with books about the December Holidays. You will find cookbooks with recipes for Christmas and Hanukah along with books with ideas for making your own presents and decorations. Also on the shelf are popular works of fiction and books on compact disc featuring holiday themes. Check out the staff picks bookshelf the next time you visit the library.

The Most Requested Titles

The top holds list this time looks pretty much the same as last time. But there are two items on this list that have not even been published and there are already over 20 people on hold for them. The Associate by John Grisham and Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich are both scheduled to be released in January. So if you want to check them out from the library in a timely manner, you better get on the holds list soon.

Twilight 87
Brass Verdict: A Novel 59
Cross Country: A Novel 59
Lucky One 46
New Moon: A Novel 45
Divine Justice 43
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel 42
The Gate House 42
Brisingr, or, The Seven Promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular 35
The Shack: A Novel 28
Eclipse 26
Scarpetta 25
Salvation in Death 24
Extreme Measures: A Thriller 23
Rough Weather 23
The Associate 22
Bones: An Alex Delaware Novel 21
Plum Spooky 21
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 20

Library Quotation

The fact of knowing how to read is nothing, the whole point is knowing what to read. - Jacques Ellul